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Cardinals v.s. Neons !?

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I am going to restock one of my heavily planted 15g it currently has 4 bns and two gold rams , i am thinking 6-9 neons or cardinals i currently have both available to me and wish to make a decision by weekend , do you guys think i should go with neons or cardinals or a mix of both & why?

I personally would not add another thing to that tank due to it's size. In fact, I would not have the current stock in there if it were my tank.

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"Keeping fish for any period of time doesn't make you experienced if you're doing it wrong. What does, is acknowledging those mistakes and learning from them." ~Aeonflame
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I personally would not add another thing to that tank due to it's size. In fact, I would not have the current stock in there if it were my tank.

really ? i never had a prob before , in fact my rams spawn in there frequently , it's got a 20 gal internal filter plus a chock a block of plants plus i do 50% water changes weekly you kinda shook me up there lol , so what do you suggest i stock then ? cuz with my current stock the tank looks a bit sparse and i wanna liven it up

Well, the rams may be fine in there by themselves although I wouldn't put them in anything less than a 20 gallon long myself, but that is more for the swimming room than the water quality. The BNs just get too large for a 15g, especially 4 of them. There too I would keep one in a 20g long but not all four.

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"Keeping fish for any period of time doesn't make you experienced if you're doing it wrong. What does, is acknowledging those mistakes and learning from them." ~Aeonflame
"your argument is invalid." ~Mommy1

With BNs in the tank it will not matter anyway because they will eat all the eggs before they become fry.

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"Keeping fish for any period of time doesn't make you experienced if you're doing it wrong. What does, is acknowledging those mistakes and learning from them." ~Aeonflame
"your argument is invalid." ~Mommy1

the Bns are pretty small and i intend to try breeding them and the breeder i bought them from uses a similar set up so i thought i'd give it a go , my water is always fine even when i skip a wc now and then , but i do intend to remove the rams and swap them for a pair of cacatuoides ,
so you dont think i can spare some room in the tank for a small school of neons or cardinals , don't get me wrong i treasure the opinions of other fishkeepers , otherwise i'd of gone and got em already lol

here is a video showing the tank and some of the fish ( i said 10 gallon in the vid but i actually meant 15 lol